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W. B. SMITH.

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No. 276,490. Patented Apr.24, 1883.

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.WILSON B. SMITH, OF BELOlT, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF"TO CHESTER A. HODGE, OF SAME PLACE.

HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters PatentNo. 276,490, dated April 24, 1883. Application filed October 16, 1882. (Model):

To all whom it may concern: the sleeve K, and carrying a pulley, d, belted Be it known that I, WILSON R. SMLTH, a to a pulley, d, which is secured to and recitizen of the United States, residing at the volves with the hubs s. The outer arms, h city of Beloit, in the county of Rock and State and h, are connected by rods and r, reof Wisconsin, have invented certain new and spectively, to arms a and a, rigid with a rockusefullmprovements in Harvesting-Machines, shaft, t, the said rock-shaft having also a rigid of which the following is a specilication. arm, a, arranged at about right angles with My invention relates to improvements in the arms a and a. To this arm a is pivoted reaping or harvesting machines in which the a link, l, which engages a sliding clutch, a,

lo cut grainis sized in uniform bundles byareel. splined on the continuously-rotating shaft :1; The bundle is kept from the floor of the plat in the ordinary manner, and forces the said form by ribs, and is raked to one side by a clutch into or out of engagement with its fel rake having a lateral movement in relation to low portion 0, which is rigid upon the shaft the line of travel; and the novelty consists in p, which carries securely keyed to it the spur- 15 the construction and arrangement of parts, as wheels 0 and 0. These spur-wheels drive anwill be more fully hereinafter set forth. other pair, fandf, which, by separate shafts,

The objects of my invention are, first, to are connected with their respective sprocketmake the bundles of equal size on the platwheels 9 andg, between which thereis a space form, and, second, to carry the bundle so to allow the wrist-pin w and pit'man Lto pass.

20 sized to the binders orto drop it to theground Passing over the sprocket-wheels g g"' and without the aid of elevators or aprons. I acg are two endless chain's. oh and oh, which complish these objects by the mechanism illnscarry the wrist-pin 20, upon which pin is pivtrated in the accompanying drawings, in oted the pitman L, which is connected with whichthe rake-carrier H by a pin, The rod E is 2 Figure 1 is a perspective view of the maattached to the pitman L and to the rakechine, the rake being down aud'at rest. Fig. head, which last consists of thcbar D, sleeve 2 is atop view with the rake in the same pOsi- 'u, rigidly connected therewith, and the raketion, the dotted lines s'liowing'the point to socket on. These parts of the rake-head, towhich the rake travels across the machine gether with the rake-carrier H, move laterally 0 platform. Fig. 3 is a rear view with the rake on two parallel rods or bars, b and b. The at the completion of its stroke and elevated, bar b is supported by standards '1 and T, and ready for the return movement, the dotted carries the arms m and m, which are fastened lines showing the point to whichit is returned. rigidly to and carry the rod I). Fig.4 is a side elevation, partly in section, R is a rake provided with a suitable. num- 35 of the reel, showing also the clutch mechauher of teeth. 'qq q are ribs fastened! to the 8 ism connected therewith. p atform F.

Similar letters refer to like parts in the dlf- In operating my machine the cut grain is fereiit views. thrown back upon the ribs q q g on the plat- S S represent two standards, which are seform F by an ordinary harvester-reel. (Not 4o cured to the platform F,near the front thereof. shown.) The reel P revolves, with its hats, at K designates a sleeve or hollow shaft, upon acertain distance above the platform until a which are rigidly secured parallel arms h h. sufficient quantity of grain for a bundle has K is a'solid shaft, loosely journaled in the accumulated on the platform, when the resiststandard S, and provided with rigid arms auce of this grain to the bats raises the reel 45 h" and h, arranged parallel with the arms and its hangers h and h. These, being righ h. The reel-hubs s and s are hung loosely idly connected with the outside arms, h and on horizontal pins or bearings rigid'with h, raise them and lift the arms a and a. by the arms h h, and the reel P, consisting of the rods 1' and r, which movement rocks the the hubs, radial arms, and bats, is revolved shaft t and throws the clutch 0 into gear with 50 by means of the shaft .0, passed through the clutch c by means of the arm aand link I. [O3

The motion of the spur-wheels e and e, seated upon and fastened to the shaft 11 (on which is also the clutch c,) is communicated to the sprocket-wheels g g and the endless chains ch and ch. These draw the wrist-pin w, pitman L, rake carrier H, and rake R to the left side of the machine, delivering the grain at that point, ready to be bound by hand or by automatic hinder, or to be dropped upon the ground. As long as the chains oh and oh carry the wrist-pin w on a line drawn along the upper edge of the sprocket-wheels g, g, g, and g the rake R remains down parallel to the platform, pushing the gavel along and passing under the reelbats; but when the chains carry the wrist-pin downward over the sprocket-wheelsg and g the pitman L in its descent draws down the rod E and the rear end of the bar D, which movement elevates the parallel bar b and the rake It into the position shown in Fig. 3. In this position the rake is carried back to the outer side of the machine by the travel of the chains 0h and cit and wrist-pinto, along the lower line of the sprocket-wheels, and is dropped by the upward movement of the wrist-pin w into its horizontal position. At this point of the movement the clutch 0 is thrown out of gear by a suitable device, and the rake is left at rest until the accumulation of grain for another bundle throws the clutch again into gear, when the laterally-raking movement, elevation of rake, and return travel are repeated.

Dotted lines in Figs. Z'and 3 show the range of travel of the rake from one side to the other.

- Dotted lines in Fig. 4 show the position of the reel and its connections when by the elevation of the reel the clutches c and c are thrown into gear.

The reel P acts as an aid to the harvesterreel, and has instead of a continuous center shaft pins or pivots on the two hubs s and s, which arrangement allows the reels to be made smaller and to be hung lower, because when constructed in this manner there is no continuous center shaft to push or throw the grain before it and away from the machine.

Heretot'ore in automatic reaping and harvesting machines carrying the grain on elevators or aprons the bundles have been sized by packers having a reciprocating motion; or where self-rakes have been used the bundles are left of unequal sizes, because the distance traveled over the ground by the machine, not the heaviness of the grain, determinesthe size of the gavel.

In my machine all bundles are raked of equal size, and they are made so on the platform without the use of elevators. The ribs q q q (more or less) facilitate the raking of the grain across theplatform by allowing the rake-teeth to always go below the straw,

thereby admitting a clean sweep at every side movement of the rake.

Having described my invention, whatIclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a harvester, the combination of the grain-platform, the standards S S, the driving-shaft mounted in one standard and the short shaft mounted in the same axial line in the other standard, the reel hung on said shafts at one side of their axial line, and adapted to be elevated by the grain accumulated on the platform, means, substantially as described, for imparting motion from the driving shaft to the reel, means for removing the accumulated grain, clutch mechanism connected therewith, and intermediate devices through which the elevation of thereel will engage said clutch, whereby bundles are formed of uniform size.

2. The combination of the driving-shaft O, tubular shaft K, having arms h h, shaft K, having arms h h, the yielding reel P, and the pulleys d at, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the tubular shaft K, shaft K, arms h h, reel P, hung upon pins on said arms, and adapted to be raised by the grain upon the platform, the driving-shaft 0, means for transmitting motion to the reel, the arms h h, rods 1" r, rock'shaft t, means for operating the rake, and intermediate mechanism, whereby the rake is put in operation, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a harvester, the combination of the yielding reel P, driving-shaft 0, shafts K K, provided with arms h h h h, rods 1" 1", rockshaft t, having arms a a. a, link I, clutches 0 c, and rake-actuating mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a harvester, the platform-rake, the rake-head D '0 n, the carrier H, the bars I) 1), arms at m, rod E, pitman L, wrist-pin w,chains ch oh, and actuating mechanism, all constructed, arranged, combined, and operating substantially as set'forth.

5. In a harvester substantially as described, the combination of the yielding reel P, the rock-shaft t, mechanism connecting the same, the shipper-rod, the clutch mechanismfthe rake-actuating shaft, the gear-wheels, the

f k t-wheels and chains, and the rake-carrier connected to said chains in such a manner as to cause the rake to traverse close to the platform in one direction and be elevated above the same on its return movement, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. WVILSON B. SMITH.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. HoLcoMBE, CLIFFORD A. HoLooMBE. 

